Logo of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Br)
Quick search:        
          Advanced Search
Guest Access | Sign In
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McMaster, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by McMaster, M.

SYNOVECTOMY OF THE KNEE IN JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Michael McMaster 1

1 Rheumatism Foundation Hospital, Heinola, Finland Oswestry, England

1. Opinion is divided as to the value of synovectomy of the knee in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

2. Between 1964 and 1970 thirty synovectomies of the knee were performed in twenty-seven children, who have now been kept under review for one to eight years. Three have required a second operation.

3. The operative findings at various stages are presented and discussed, with special reference to the effect on growth of the limb.

4. Synovectomy is a useful procedure which should be reserved for cases where effusion persists despite nine months of conservative treatment and performed before signs of bone erosion appear.
(c) British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery All Rights Reserved
Registered charity no: 209299     Print ISSN: 0301-620X
Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General